"“She called the department wanting to get a tutor in philosophy. They said, ‘What field?’ She said, ‘Philosophy.’ They said, ‘Yeah, but what field?’ ” That’s a

"“She called the department wanting to get a tutor in philosophy. They said, ‘What field?’ She said, ‘Philosophy.’ They said, ‘Yeah, but what field?’ ” That’s a funny story to a philosophy wonk." It's a bit of a pity that this viewpoint is the case, although one may argue it's inevitable (e.g. over specialization in today's world, etc. A similar case can be made for literary criticism perhaps. I found this excellent discussion from the Phisophy Bites podcast on the perennial "What is Philosophy" question very helpful: http://philosophybites.libsyn.com/edward_craig_what_is_philosophy_ http://philosophybites.libsyn.com/edward_craig_what_is_philo... (if you have 12 minutes 41 minutes please consider listening to this). Here Edward Craig (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Craig_(philosopher) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Craig_(philosopher)) argues that all people engage in philosophical thinking part of their lives, it's not the domain of philosophers. He mentions the lamentable fact that recently a lot of focus has been placed on explaining arguments, terms, etc. rather than the arguments themselves. Interestingly while enrollment in many majors in liberal arts education is decreasing (e.g. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/06/05/analysis-finds-significant-drop-humanities-majors-gains-liberal-arts-degrees https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/06/05/analysis-find...) philosophy enrollement seems to be increasing (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/education/06philosophy.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/education/06philosophy.htm...).